Celtics get excellent news on Jaylen Brown’s Achilles tendinitis damage

Jaylen Brown is anticipated to be again on the hardwood Monday evening because the Celtics tackle the Hawks.

Jaylen Brown was dominated out for Boston’s final two video games. AP Photograph/Brandon Dill

March 30, 2026 | 5:09 PM

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Celtics followers can exhale a bit on the subject of star ahead Jaylen Brown’s Achilles tendinitis damage.

After lacking Boston’s final two video games because of the nagging ailment, Brown was faraway from the damage report on Monday and is cleared to play on the second leg of the Celtics’ back-to-back slate towards the Atlanta Hawks at State Farm Area.

Brown will not be the one starter anticipated again within the lineup on Monday, as Derrick White was additionally listed as possible towards the Hawks with a proper knee contusion. White missed Sunday’s recreation as a result of that very same damage.

Many Celtics followers held their collective breath when Brown first landed on the damage report with Achilles ache, on condition that an Achilles damage is what sidelined Jayson Tatum for many of the previous yr.

However, talking late final week, Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla didn’t appear all that involved about Brown’s long-term well being or the danger of agitating his foot/heel even additional.

“He’s day after day,” Mazzulla stated of Brown forward of Friday’s residence win over Atlanta. “He was in in the present day, getting remedy. He’s day after day.”

Even with Brown again on the courtroom Monday, the Celtics will nonetheless be shorthanded towards Atlanta, as Tatum was downgraded to out as a result of proper Achilles restore administration.

Provided that Tatum continues to be simply 11 video games into his return from an Achilles rupture, it comes as little shock that Boston is prescribing some relaxation for Tatum down the stretch. The Celtics star has but to play in back-to-back video games so far.

Tatum greater than held his personal when Brown was sidelined this previous week, scoring 32 factors in Sunday’s win over the Charlotte Hornets.

Tatum appears to have shaken off among the rust that hindered him firstly of his return to the hardwood, because the NBA named him the Jap Convention Participant of the Week on Monday. Over his final three video games, Tatum averaged 25.7 factors, 9.7 rebounds, and 6.7 assists per contest.

Elsewhere on the damage report, Neemias Queta (proper thumb sprain) is uncertain for Monday’s recreation, whereas backup Ron Harper Jr. is questionable after struggling a proper ankle sprain on Sunday in Charlotte. Commerce-deadline pickup Nikola Vucevic stays sidelined as he recovers from a damaged finger suffered on March 6 towards Dallas.